Fortuna probation compliance sweep results in eight arrests

By The Times-Standard

Friday, June 16, 2017

The following is from a press release issued by the Fortuna Police Department:

On Thursday, officers with the Fortuna Police Department teamed with officers from the Humboldt County Probation Department and conducted compliance checks on 47 felony probationers and post release community supervision (PRCS) subjects in the city of Fortuna.

“We organized this operation to ensure these probationers and PRCS subjects were in compliance with their court orders and to hold them accountable”, said Chief William Dobberstein.

As a result of this operation a total of eight subjects were arrested.

The following subjects were arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility:

Brett Bothelia Mehrtens (age 23)

• Violation of Probation.

Jimmy Lewis Johnson (age 43)

• Possession of a Controlled Substance

• Violation of Probation

• Felony Warrant.

Lance Eric Ostlund (age 28)

• Felony Warrant

• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

• Violation of Probation

Jesse Rawlin Lussow (age 40)

• Felony Warrant

In addition, the following subjects were arrested and released with a promise to appear:

Brandie Lee McGraw (age 29)

• Possession of a Controlled Substance

• Child Endangerment

John Thomas Burbridge (age 25)

•Possession of a Controlled Substance

• Probation Violation.

Nicole Jean Stockhoff (age 33)

• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

• Probation Violation

Justin Kyle Christensen (age 31)

• Felon in Possession of Ammunition

• Probation Violation

Several other probationers were not home during the operation however, officers located evidence of fresh crimes and violations of their probation and will be seeking arrest warrants.

Additionally, during the operation, officers discovered several of the probationers and PRCS subjects did not live at the addresses they reported to the probation department. These technical violations of their Court order will be handled by the Probation Department.